The Sportsman (newspaper)
- The Sportsman (newspaper)
"The Sportsman" was the title of two separate British newspapers which are now defunct. The first "Sportsman" paper ran from 1865 to 1924. A separate and totally unrelated "Sportsman" title appeared for seven months in 2006.
1865 to 1924 version
The first British newspaper entitled "The Sportsman" began publishing from 1865, some six years after the "Sporting Life". It ran until 1924.
It was at the offices of "The Sportsman" on 20 July 1871 that the Football Association committee meeting was held which adopted a proposal to establish a knockout competition for the FA's member clubs – the FA Cup.
2006 version
Launched on March 22, 2006, "The Sportsman" was the UK's first new national daily newspaper for 20 years, and claimed to be a one-stop shop for the modern punter, offering news, views and tips on sport, racing and anything else bookmakers give odds on. The paper had been the brainchild of editor-in-chief Charlie Methven. Sales reached 22,333 in May 2006 some way short of its target break-even figure of 40,000.
Just seven months after launch, an announcement was made that after suffering a failure in a refinancing bid, it had been decided to stop printing The Sportsman. The last edition appeared on October 5, 2006. The publisher had been in administration since July.
ee also
*Horseracing in the United Kingdom
References
*The Evening Times "Sports paper gamble fails", published 6th Oct. 2006.
External links
* [http://www.thesportsman.co.uk/ Official site]
* [http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1888657,00.html Timeline of the Sportsman] Guardian Unlimited
* [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=35899 Article on failure of 2006 Sportsman]
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